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Hi All

 

I am about to buy a few PC upgrades and just wanted to see if there are any better options about?

 

Intel i5 8600K

 

ASUS ROG Strix Z370F

 

8GB Corsair Vengeance DDR4 3200Mhz

 

REFURBISHED Corsair H100i V2

 

Does it look good? Thanks

 

(I currently have a GTX 1070 and a EVGA 750B2 PSU)

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Is 8700 with cheap (not cheapest) air cooler cheaper? Because this has roughly the same gaming performance but doesnt need tuning (you can undervolt if you want tho)

 

750w PSU is plenty, even 550w would suffice (even with GPU upgrade to 1080ti), but the quality of EVGA's B2 sucks. You should get another one.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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1 hour ago, Jurrunio said:

Is 8700 with cheap (not cheapest) air cooler cheaper? Because this has roughly the same gaming performance but doesnt need tuning (you can undervolt if you want tho)

 

750w PSU is plenty, even 550w would suffice (even with GPU upgrade to 1080ti), but the quality of EVGA's B2 sucks. You should get another one.

the B2 is perfectly fine, it's pretty much the only 80+ bronze unit EVGA has that isn't mediocre or bad barring the higher-wattage BQs.

http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story6&reid=393

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Heatsink: Gelid Phantom Black GPU: Palit RTX 3060 Ti Dual RAM: Corsair DDR4 2x8GB 3000Mhz mobo: Asus X570-P case: Fractal Design Define C PSU: Superflower Leadex Gold 650W

 

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3 hours ago, Jurrunio said:

Is 8700 with cheap (not cheapest) air cooler cheaper? Because this has roughly the same gaming performance but doesnt need tuning (you can undervolt if you want tho)

 

750w PSU is plenty, even 550w would suffice (even with GPU upgrade to 1080ti), but the quality of EVGA's B2 sucks. You should get another one.

 

2 hours ago, herman mcpootis said:

the B2 is perfectly fine, it's pretty much the only 80+ bronze unit EVGA has that isn't mediocre or bad barring the higher-wattage BQs.

http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story6&reid=393

Yeah as long as it doesn't blow up im happy. I wish I got a G one though.

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